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Hymie Weiss and George "Bugs" Moran

Hymie Weiss and Bugs Moran were associates of Dion O'Banion and swore vengeance against Al Capone for his murder. In 1926 they led a deadly convoy through the suburb of Cicero, firing more than a thousand rounds into Capone's headquarters and hitting several innocent passersby. Three weeks later, in front of Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago, Capone's men machine-gunned Weiss to death and wounded three of his lieutenants.
<blockquote>"It was extremely cold blooded. Nobody knows to this day who did it. Nobody was ever arrested, nobody was ever charged with the crime. It was widely believed to have been the work of Al Capone, who was said to be in pursuit of Bugs Moran. Bugs Moran was not one of the seven men killed." <cite>Jonathan Eig, writer</cite></blockquote>